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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pŭgĭo: ōnis, m. root pug of pungo; cf.: pugil, pugna.
I A short weapon for stabbing, a dagger, dirk, poniard: pugio dictus est, quod eo punctim pugnatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 235 Müll.: Caesare interfecto statim cruentum alte extollens M. Brutus pugionem, etc., Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 28: cruentum pugionem tenens, id. ib. 2, 12, 30: pugione percussus, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2: fodere aliquem pugione, Tac. H. 4, 29 fin.: pugione ferire, Auct. B. Alex. 52: strictis pugionibus peti, Suet. Caes. 82.—Worn by the emperors, to denote their power of life and death, Suet. Galb. 11; id. Vit. 15 fin.; Tac. H. 3, 68; likewise by the praefectus praetorio, Aur. Vict. Caes. 13; Lampr. Comm. 6 fin.—Worn by the chief officers in the army as a military badge of distinction, Tac. H. 1, 43; Val. Max. 3, 5, 3.—
B Transf., the title of a book or roll of the names of persons proscribed by Caligula, Suet. Calig. 49.—*
II Trop.: o plumbeum pugionem! O leaden dagger! i. e. O weak argument! Cic. Fin. 4, 18, 48.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pūgĭō,¹¹ ōnis, m. (pungo), poignard : Cic. Phil. 2, 28 ; Tac. H. 4, 29 || signe du pouvoir des empereurs, droit de vie et de mort : Suet. Galba 11 ; Vitell. 15 ; Tac. H. 3, 68 ; cf. Tac. H. 1, 43 || [fig.] plumbeus pugio Cic. Fin. 4, 48, poignard de plomb, pauvre argument.
